Cigarette-case.



6. F. TIFFANY.

CIGARETTE CASE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, l 9l7- Patented P611119; 1918 INVENTOR.

BY m 1 ATTORNZW I e r STATES ATEN ga n ng, Y

GEORGEF. TIFFANY, on NEW YORK, NY.

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' One of the many possible embodiments of i a side elevation thereof; .F {is CIGARETTE-CASE,

for discharging, I at will, through the delivery opening theforemost cigarette of the- As faras known, in the devices heretofore in use, the follower is usually associated with guiding means, ,with which it is in sliding contact. In practice it has been found that the follower is apt to bind, thereby causing much'inconvenience, as it 13 necessary, in order. to reestablish the operativeness of the device, to openthe cigarette case. Y

object of the present lnvention is to overcomethese difliculties, and to pro- Y Lcult to produce as ;to be beyond the vide asimple and durable construction, that can be manufactured on a commercial scale, or, in other words, one which isnot so difiireasonable'cost of such an article.

-With these and other objects" inrview, whichwill more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the

I ysame consists .in the combination, arrange- .ment, and constructlon of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying' drawingsfit being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proporp will hereinafter appear, the ejecting mechation of the several parts and details of 'con struction within the scopeof the appended claims-without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of. the advantages of'the in- 7 pushed out of the case for removal by the user; Fig. 2 is a top plan of this case," its cover beingQopen and partlybroken away;

- isterin g of;a cigarette 1 case constructed in accordance wlth this invention, with the'foremost cigarette partly Specification of Letters Patenti I Patgnfed Feb, 19,1918, Application filed April 20, 1917, Serial No. 163,410.

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5 is a section taken on line 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a top plan View, partly in section, ona larger scale, of'a detail of construction; Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6; and Fig. Sis a perspective view of the ejecting mechanism. 7 p

In the drawings, the numeral -lO indicates, as an entirety, the body of the box of the cigarettecase, which, in the form shown, is

a rectangular structure of slightly greater;

height than the thicknessof the cigarettes adapted to'be contained therein, and has substantially wedge-shaped e'dgesllL A cover 12 is hinged to the box to close the same,. means being provided for holding the said cover. in its. closed position, said means consisting,'for instance, of a protuberance 13 'on the side 14 of the box, which cooperates with a depression 15- in the cover. In parallel relation to the'bottom lti of the box are of the box are placed into-thesame:parti-a contact withthesaid bottom and the'fianges ;tions 18, whichextend at right angles to the bottom and are throughout their lengths in 17 above'mentio-ned. These partitions are atable manner, for instance, by solder. Each of these partitions is provided with a longitudinal slot 19, for a purpose hereinafter tached to the bottom and flanges in any'suit-x.

;to be described. lVith the end 20 of the box 21, extending inward in parallel relation to the box bottom and thence downwardly,'as clearlyshownat 22,- at rightangles to the said bottom, forming thus, with the bottom,

:there is made, preferably, integral a flange;-

a compartment 23, in which is,disposed,asa,g

nism of the cigarette case. A discharge opening 24 is formed in the side 14 of the box adjacentthe portion 22 ottheend inits free side a cut out portion 25;in regposition with the discharge openi 24 y Y I, The flanges 17 hold in place and guide" the flange above mentioned. The cover 12 has; 1*.

movement of a follower. 26, that is'substali-ali tiallyQU-shaped in cross-section, and comprises sides27 that areconnected bya-web' 28'. Adjacent'each end of the follower there is mounted 'in'the-sides 27 thereof a spindle 1 sq m 4 3 w h .ie fiae e,

and extending from one of its ends to said delivery opening, said partitions being provided with longitudinal slots facing each other and the sides of said. box having inwardly extending flanges projecting beyond said partitions, a follower inyengagement with said flanges, two spindles 'fixedlyattached'to said follower, a pulley rotatably mounted upon each spindle having peripheral flanges seated in one ofsaid slots, said .pulleys being each provided with a: recess, a

spring in each recess attached to the re- Coples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. 0."

spective pulley and spindle, a cord wound upon each of said pulleys, one end of each cord being attached to a pulley and its other 15 end to the respective partition adjacent said Signed at New York, in the county of New 20 York and State of New York, this 26th day of February, A. D. 1917. V

GEORGE F. TIFFANY.

the "commissioner of Patents, 

